Locus-based witness statements, letters of claim and pleadings for slip, trip and premises files. Occupier's Liability under the 1957 and 1984 Acts sits inside the same workflow. LegalDocs Assist drafts these for law firms, with every document verified by the fee earner before it goes out.
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Upload the incident report, locus photographs, inspection logs and medical evidence you already hold for the slip, trip or premises file. The AI extracts the facts, ties the account to the locus, populates every section and runs 14 compliance checks against CPR Part 32. A confirm step lets your fee earner correct anything before sign-off and export.
Upload the typed attendance note or recorded call with your claimant and the AI extracts identity, the mechanism of the fall, the hazard described and the injuries reported.
Drop the incident report, locus photographs, cleaning and inspection logs and any CCTV stills into named slots. The statement is tied to the place and the hazard photographs you upload.
15 automated format checks cover statement of truth, declarations, preparation-method disclosure, source attribution for every fact and the CJC-aligned AI-use declaration block — aligned to the EL/PL pre-action protocol. Substance is verified by your fee-earner with the witness.
Citations drawn from 10 UK public liability authorities, including the Occupiers’ Liability Acts 1957 and 1984, Wheat v Lacon, Ward v Tesco, Tomlinson v Congleton, Highways Act s.41 and Mills v Barnsley.
The volume core. Retail, supermarkets and pavements.
Poorly maintained buildings, defective floors and inadequate lighting under the Occupiers' Liability Acts 1957 and 1984.
Trips on footways, potholes, parks and public spaces.
Venues, festivals, sport and hospitality, with rising relevance under Martyn's Law.
Occupier's liability claims live or die on the detail of the hazard and the inspection regime. Our witness statement drafting software draws that detail out of the disclosure and applies the same automated CPR Part 32 compliance checks used across every practice area.
AI-suitability ratings are CaseFlow's assessment. A qualified fee earner reviews and signs off every output.
| Document | AI-assisted | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Letter of claim (EL/PL pre-action protocol) | High | Protocol-driven and template-friendly. |
| Witness statement, locus-based | High | Tied to the place and the photographs of the hazard. Drafted from the file, confirmed by the handler. |
| Schedule of loss | Medium | Calculation scaffold. The fee earner confirms the heads of loss. |
| Particulars of claim | High | Pleaded from the established facts. |
| Expert report handling (premises condition) | Low | Expert-led. The platform assists with chronology only, it does not write the expert report. |
Instructions, the incident report, photographs of the locus, medical evidence.
The platform pulls the facts and attributes every value to its source document.
Correct anything, fill genuine gaps where the platform flags low confidence.
CPR and protocol checks run before the document displays. Export to Word or PDF.
Every document is drafted to be CPR and protocol compliant, and every AI-extracted fact carries a source attribution. Nothing is served without a qualified fee earner reviewing and signing off. LegalDocs-Assist speeds up the drafting, it does not replace the solicitor's judgement.
Protocol-compliant PL letter drawn from your file and your photographs of the locus.
CPR Part 32 statements tied to the place and the hazard photographs. Drafted from the file, signed off by the handler.
Pleaded from the established facts, ready for review and service.
Calculation scaffold across general and special damages.
Structured timeline of complaints, inspections and incidents. Supports the expert, does not replace the expert report.
A sample of the precedents the AI cites in this area. Every citation is cross-checked against the database before it reaches you.
Occupiers' Liability Act 1957
Duty owed by the occupier to lawful visitors. The core statutory regime for premises claims.
Occupiers' Liability Act 1984
Duty owed to non-visitors and trespassers in defined circumstances.
Wheat v E Lacon & Co Ltd [1966] AC 552
Definition of "occupier": multiple parties can owe the duty in respect of the same premises.
Ward v Tesco Stores Ltd [1976] 1 WLR 810
Res ipsa loquitur in supermarket slip cases. Shifts the evidential burden onto the occupier's system of cleaning and inspection.
Tomlinson v Congleton BC [2003] UKHL 47
Scope of duty to trespassers and the limits of liability for obvious risks.
Highways Act 1980, s.41
Highway authority duty to maintain the highway. The framework for pothole and footway-trip claims.
Mills v Barnsley MBC [1992] PIQR P291
Threshold of dangerousness in highway trip claims. What counts as a defect a reasonable authority would have repaired.
60,399 PL claims a year
UK, registered with the Compensation Recovery Unit, 2025/26 (gov.uk)
Around 1 in 7 PI claims
Public Liability share of all UK personal injury volume, CRU 2025/26
Verified by your fee earner
Human sign-off on every document, every time
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